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An IT spring cleaning for CIOs


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05.29.2008
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Call it spring cleaning. An IT department spring cleaning, really. CIOs occasionally need to step back and take a look at where they can tighten budgets, organize data, set end users back in line and, in some cases, just plain throw stuff out.

Our experts spent the month dropping tips to help CIOs with a thorough, organized cleaning. From organizing single sign-on to regulating text messaging to business intelligence tips about using all that data you have lying around, they've covered the bases. (Get it? Spring? Baseball?) Done correctly, IT might even get a little time off this summer. Might.

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